Thanks for engaging. From the article:

This is not about Iowa.

“ In my country, the UK, land is at a premium. We’re over 60 million people in a small space, and it’s difficult to build pretty much anything without rubbing up against existing requirements for housing, industry, transport and, though often overlooked, wildlife.”

And this is what I said about wind land use and nature impacts.

“Unlike solar panels which cover vast surface areas, wind turbines have to be spread out, which leaves space for some wildlife below. However, the marshes alongside Sizewell B — of world importance to bird and ampihibian life — would have to be drained for the turbines to be installed, and any trees that happened to be in the way would require felling. Once running, the turbine blades would be hazardous to the vast flocks of birds that use the marshes and lakes in this area.”

I agree, solar panels would be better placed on top of buildings, but that is not how they are always used.

Cheers.